Winchester, Reading boys hockey tie

After coming back from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead, the Winchester High boys hockey team had to settle for a 3-3 tie at O’Brien Rink in Woburn Saturday night.

Scott Olszewski

After coming back from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead, the Winchester High boys hockey team had to settle for a 3-3 tie at O’Brien Rink in Woburn Saturday night.

Brendan Greene was the story for the Sachems offense with a hat trick in the game. Sean Verrier, Mike Thompson, and Mike Seibold each scored once for the Rockets. Winchester outshot the Rockets 31-26 in the game.

“We dug ourselves into a hole early, and you can’t do that against a good team like Reading,” said Winchester coach Matt Spang. Brendan had a great game for us. He played well in the defensive zone, and that lead to his scoring opportunities. After the slow start, we played well especially in the second period, but we just could not put the game away.”

Reading needed only 2:13 seconds to take the lead in the game. Jake Barbera carried into the Sachem zone. He made a pass from the right circle in front to Verrier who shot a one-timer past goaltender James Offner to give the Rockets a 1-0 lead.

The Rockets added to their lead with 10:49 left in the first. Thompson carried the puck into the right corner of the Sachems zone. He broke in front of the net, sliding the puck past Offner to give Reading a 2-0 lead.

Winchester cut into the lead before the end of the period taking advantage of a 5-on-3 power play. Brendan Andrews broke into the Reading zone passing across to Greene. He sent a wrist shot past Ian Lapham to cut the lead to one with 5:47 left in the first.

Greene tied the game with 12:55 left in the second period. He took a pass from David Troiano sending a wrist shot under the crossbar to tie the game.

The Sachems took the lead with 8:42 left in the second. Nolan Redler set Greene up 15 feet in front of the net who sent a wrist shot home to take a 3-2 lead.

Redler had to play goaltender later in the period. Robert DiLoreto picked up a rebound of an Offner stop with about five minutes left in the period. He cut across the front and had an open net, but Redler slid across to make the stop.

It looked like Reading was not going to be able to tie the game, but the Rockets caught a break with 1:57 left in the game. Seibold had the puck at the left point in the Sachems zone. He sent a low shot on net that Offner went down to block. It hit something in traffic in front sending the puck over his shoulder and into the net for the 3-3 final.

Last Wednesday, Winchester dominated Lexington, 7-1 at The Edge Sports Center. David Troiano, Dan O’Connell, Gavin Lacey, Joe Ogonowsky, Brendan Andrews, Greene, and Redler each scored in the win. Winchester is now 3-2-4 for the season.